From: Phillip Gawlowski <pg@...>
Date: 2010-01-16T05:38:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Foolproof way of determining host platform

On 15.01.2010 21:21, Paul Mckibbin wrote:

> I came up with Config::CONFIG['EXEEXT'] to determine whether it is
> running on Windows as opposed to any other platform we support. Windows
> return ".exe" and other platforms tested come back with "", so that
> seems to work, but is there a better way?

You can give a binary any extension you like on *NIX, as long as you set 
"chmod +x /my/binary.whatever".

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Phillip Gawlowski